The two battlefields of Central Asia and Gaul have undergone earth-shaking upheavals in just a dozen days, and the Great Qin army has been like a bamboo all the way after sweeping away the Great Eclipse Expeditionary Legion, and began to sweep away the remnants of the Great Eclipse in Gaul, perhaps knowing that they will face great pressure in the east, so the Great Qin army in the west is moving fast, in order to pursue speed, even many ordinary people of Great Eclipse were taken as victims in this war and fell under the butcher's knife of the Great Qin army. However, this massacre did not frighten the people of the Great Eclipse, especially the followers of the Heavenly Fang Sect, but began to launch various means to resist, and the final result was that although the Great Cannibals were quickly wiped out in the north of Gaolu, the main force of the Great Qin had even crossed the Pyrenees and invaded the Iberian Peninsula in March of the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, but the Gaul region was still in constant turmoil. Even in the most serious case, it seems to have dragged tens of thousands of Great Qin troops.

However, compared to the Western Front, it was almost a triumphant song, although the Celestial Sects in Gaul still resisted, but the basic situation could not be changed, Great Qin had already invaded the territory of the Great Food Empire, and according to the number of remaining troops in the Iberian Peninsula Great Food, it was impossible to stop the counterattack of the Great Qin people. And under the situation of the Western Front, but the frontal battlefield in Central Asia Minor presents the opposite situation, Daqin lost more than 100,000 troops on the front line at once so that the Great Cannibals caught the loophole, under the continuous strong attack, Daqin's front is all the way to shrink, under the impact of the crazy crowd of the Great Eclipse Cavalry Corps, most of the Great Qin army has even been approached to the Byzantine city after the failure of defense. Under the powerful attack of the Great Eclipse, Byzantium, a bustling city that towers on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and holds the key point of the Bosphorus, is in chaos. The royal court has already moved back to Greece one step ahead of schedule, and the next step will be to enter the Apennine Peninsula and return to the ancient city of Rome depending on the situation. However, the whole city was even more chaotic after the departure of the high-level of Daqin, and countless wealthy merchants fled at night, starting from the Balkans to migrate to other parts of the Taixi continent. After a large number of people fled overnight, the entire city began to be occupied by the retreating army. It can be seen that the Great Qin Royal Court is iron-hearted, even if it sacrifices the entire capital, it must use this to block the enemy's offensive momentum. Moreover, after handing over the logistics fleet to the royal court to transport all kinds of material stores and personnel evacuation, Elidogan's naval fleet began to travel lightly, assisting the army in the battle near the Bosphorus, relying on the continuous artillery bombardment of the navy to block the temporary offensive momentum of the Great Cannibals.

It can be said that although the Western Front Expeditionary Corps of the Great Cannibals was wiped out by the Great Qin people, they also seized the opportunity of the Great Qin to transfer frontal battlefield troops, and advanced the battle line to the royal capital of the Great Qin Empire in one fell swoop. It was only after the news urgently spread from the front line to Shule that Wan Yi and Gauss sighed in unison. The Great Cannibal is considered to have lost in this duel. If they can take Byzantium in one fell swoop in the previous rush offensive, then they will definitely be able to take advantage of the chaos of Daqin's loss of the capital to expand the results of the war, and they can even legally declare the destruction of Daqin, so as to bring back the strategic disadvantage brought by the loss of their flanking troops on the Western Front, but at this time, they are blocked by Elidogan's navy, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to take Byzantium again. After Daqin has a chance to breathe, he will inevitably send troops from all directions to reinforce Byzantium, and even ask the Russians in Kyiv to send reinforcements again. Byzantium was bound to repeat its previous stalemate in Central Asia. If this happens, I'm afraid that the big food will really lose and it will be irretrievable.

"Two commanders, do we need to arrange troops in advance for contingency?" Liu Xuan nodded after seeing Gauss mark all the basic situations of Great Qin and Great Eclipse on the map, and said a little excitedly: "As long as the main army of Great Eclipse is dragged under the Byzantine city, then their western army will be able to sweep the entire Iberian Peninsula without worries, and then cross the strait and go south into Africa, in that case, Great Eclipse will face a two-front battle." ”

Liu Xuan was obviously not satisfied with the formation of this situation, after all, once the Great Qin army crossed the strait and headed south, the current strength of the Great Qin Army would be absolutely irresistible, and the opponent's naval superiority could turn the Mediterranean moat into the most convenient transportation channel for himself. And Datang's plan is to let the two be consumed in the confrontation, and in the end both sides will lose, rather than one side will win in the end.

"Marshal, I think we can mobilize some troops to continue to reinforce Egypt." Gauss Ji nodded, pointed to the location of Egypt and said: "Whether it is the Great Qin army moving south from the Iberian Peninsula or the Great Qin re-carrying out the sea-crossing operation to cover the army into the south by the navy, Egypt is the most fatal place. Only by holding Egypt can Great Qin not be able to enter the core area of the Great Eclipse, and the Great Cannibal can also take this opportunity to get a respite. Gauss Ji was not optimistic that the Great Food Army would be able to attack the Bosphorus in a short period of time, so he agreed with Liu Xuan's idea of dispatching troops in advance.

Wan Yi nodded after pondering for a long time and said: "The chief of staff asked Hou Yong, who was stationed in Hexi, to immediately lead his troops west into Persia, and let all the Anxi corps set off for Wolong Port and Suez. At the same time, the logistics department was sent to request that more ships be sent to the Persian Governorate to increase the speed of delivery of supplies to Egypt. Wan Yi's words made Liu Xuan overjoyed, and he was just about to go out when he heard Wan Yi say: "Send the latest situation on Taixi's side back to the Chang'an base camp as soon as possible, just say that the situation in Taixi has changed greatly, and I hope that the emperor and the General Staff will formulate the next step as soon as possible." "The Western Expeditionary Army is at the forefront, and the Western Expeditionary Army Command composed of Wan Yi and others has the power to independently deal with emergency situations, but in this case, although Wan Yi has made preparations for the transfer of the army, this matter still needs to wait for the order of the General Staff to come before it can be implemented.

However, at this time, the high-level general staff of Chang'an had also gathered in Changqing Hall and Li Xuanqing to discuss the specific changes in the battle situation on Taixi's side, thanks to Wan Yi and Xuanyingwei's continuous flow of information sent back to Chang'an, so although there was a time difference of about ten days in the middle, after the secret guard general Daqin was preparing to secretly withdraw the troops from the frontal battlefield and suddenly reinforce Gaul, both Li Xuanqing and Xu Tianxiang and others already understood that a major change in the situation in Taixi was inevitable.

"Your Majesty, I think my senior brother will make preparations in the near future, otherwise I'm afraid it will be too late. In case Da Shi fought too the frontal battlefield and really defeated Byzantium, wouldn't it be that the Great Qin Empire was about to declare its demise? Wang Houchun shook his head and said: "The Western Expeditionary Army should be allowed to immediately send more troops into Egypt to prevent changes in Egypt, and at the same time, the Uighur Corps and Wu Huan Corps should be allowed to march to the northwest front line, and be stationed on the front lines such as the Volga River and the Caspian Sea, ready to intervene at any time, so as not to have any accidents." Wang Houchun's radical approach was approved by Hu Xiaosi and Yang Tiancheng, both of whom were not optimistic about the performance of the Great Qin army on the frontal battlefield, and now if there were more than 100,000 troops at once, it would not be able to stop the hateful blow of the Great Cannibal.

However, Li Xuanqing looked at the enlarged map near Byzantium for a long time, and his mind was also thinking about how the Ottoman Empire attacked Byzantium in the future. That Bosphorus is not something that the great cannibals who have lost the navy today can touch. And as long as the Great Qin people are not stupid, they will definitely let their superior navy participate in the war, in that case, this trench is not just talking, even if the Great Eclipse Army throws a whip and cut off the stream, it is impossible to cross it in a hurry. And once the Great Eclipse is blocked by the Great Qin people in front of the strait, then the last chance of the Great Eclipse will also be lost. With a navy, it means that in this war, Great Qin has firmly occupied the strategic initiative, once they can launch a counterattack outside the Byzantine city, or the army of the Western Front goes south into Africa, so many cannibals have to withdraw troops from the Byzantine front to defend themselves in order to ensure the security of their homeland, which is equivalent to an unsolvable problem. Fighting on two fronts will quickly deplete the Great Food Empire, which is already on the verge of reaching its limit. And when the war potential is exhausted, the Great Food Empire will inevitably fall into complete collapse. Originally, the collapse of the Great Food Empire was also in the consideration of the Tang Dynasty's top management, but the Tang Dynasty could not tolerate the collapse of the Great Food Empire at the same time, Daqin won the final victory and restored all its territory. Therefore, in order to leave an opponent for Great Qin, or to use the war to drag the Great Qin Empire into collapse, it is not possible to let the Great Food Empire completely fail in the current situation, at least the Great Food Empire must be preserved before the Phoenician Canal is built.

"Let the headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army decide whether the Uighur Corps and the Wu Huan Corps should be deployed in advance, but Hou Chun was right about one thing just now, the Egyptian side must increase its forces to avoid that in case of a situation, the Great Qin army will attack Egypt in two ways, completely cutting off the last hope of the Great Eclipse Empire." Li Xuanqing thought for a while and continued: "Although the situation on Taixi's side has changed greatly now, there is one thing that we have actually achieved, that is, whether it is Great Food or Great Qin, they are actually about to exhaust their potential, even if it is the Great Qin Empire, which occupies a large amount of fertile land, it is not easy. What we have to do is to quickly sort out the latest situation of the two empires of Taixi after the big change, so as to choose the best way to intervene. ”

"I understand the emperor's meaning, this is the intention to use Egypt as our outpost, as long as we block the army of Great Qin in Egypt, we can justifiably include this place in the actual rule of the Tang Dynasty in the name of protecting the mainland of the Great Food Empire." Xu Tianxiang nodded and said, "If that's the case, I'm afraid that it will take an entire corps to maintain stability in such a large area." ”

"Then let the Anxi Corps go, but I think Senior Brother should be one step ahead of us and let Zhang Sheng lead his troops to set off." Yang Tiancheng said: "And I heard that your General Staff has already approved Chen Mingzheng's large-scale transfer plan for the Marine Corps?" In this way, at least four or five battalions of troops in Egypt would be guaranteed to be sufficient for general contingencies. ”

"Okay, let's talk about the next thing, the General Staff will immediately send a message to the Western Expeditionary Army Command, tell the senior brother to them, give them the greatest authority, once there is an uncontrollable change on Taixi's side, the Western Expeditionary Army, the Western Fleet and the Marine Corps will all be handed over to the Western Expeditionary Army Command for unified deployment." Li Xuanqing clapped his hands and said: "Anyway, there is only one principle, Egypt and its Phoenician Canal must all be controlled by my Datang." Regions such as Egypt and Wolong Port will also be included in the overseas territories of the Tang Dynasty and become an integral part of the Tang Empire. ”

Li Xuanqing's waving hands and words made everyone present excited. Today, the large-scale expansion of the Tang Dynasty has basically stopped, not that it does not want to expand its territory, but that the domestic population cannot keep up with the rapid expansion of the empire's territory. Therefore, both Li Xuanqing and other high-ranking military and political leaders have changed their tactics and changed to focus on seizing overseas transportation arteries and strategic points, and will only make up their minds to directly occupy large mines and other places that have been proved to be valuable. However, it is precisely because of this that Datang will calmly lay out in various places on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can also take the initiative to give up those unimportant areas, so as to facilitate the dumping of more and more Datang industrial and commercial goods, so that the booming domestic industry and commerce will have enough market space for the original accumulation of capital.

Li Xuanqing's words were then quickly transformed into a specific Tessie response strategy by Xu Tianxiang and others, and they made a specific decision to take Egypt as the core, taking advantage of the opportunity of the two countries to fight to the death in Byzantium to mobilize the army, laying a good foundation for the real formation of the next step of the change.

Almost at the same time that the order from the General Staff began to be sent from Chang'an to Shule, Zhang Sheng had also begun to receive orders to gather the troops of the last two battalions of the Anxi Corps and start rushing to the Persian Governor's Mansion to board a ship and cross the sea to the west. The Hou Yong Corps, which was deployed in Hexi, also began to leave Hexi and other places by train almost at the same time, heading to Persia and Kangju provinces to pick up the defense. As a result, the field corps under the command of the Western Expeditionary Army also increased from four to five, not counting the two battalions deployed by the headquarters of the Western Fleet and the Marine Corps in Egypt and Wolong Harbor and the two battalions that arrived later. This huge establishment and the involvement of two relatively independent combat areas, Wan Yi and Gauss after consulting with the headquarters also divided the command in two, and Gauss took part of the staff to Egypt to form the Western Expeditionary Army Advance Command, responsible for the unified command of all the Tiance Army in and around Egypt. And Wan Yi and Liu Xuan took the headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army from Shule to Baishui City and other places.

Datang's response was very timely, almost at the same time as Zhang Sheng led the army to set off, Qin Kong and others who were still in Byzantine City also got the latest news from the front line after sending off the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the big cannibals made a large number of rafts in the rear and prepared to cross the sea at night, but they were recognized by Elidogan, and the fleet directly used the fleet to directly sink the big food army in the sea as a target. The two sides waged a large war on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The Great Cannibal suffered heavy losses, but there was no way to break through the strait even a single step.

After the cannibal's short assault tactics completely failed, the morale of the army began to decline rapidly as they were blocked on the beach. And it was at this time that a new piece of news began to arrive.